Democrats Flood New York’s Third District With Ads in Bid To Flip Santos’s Former Seat

Democrats have spent more than five times as much as Republicans in their bid to win the upcoming special election.

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Tom Suozzi speaks during a news conference November 7, 2022, at Great Neck, New York. AP/John Minchillo, file

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is flooding the zone with ads in a bid to win the February special election for the seat left vacant by Congressman George Santos and potentially parlay a victory into greater success in the battle for the New York suburbs.

After Mr. Santos was expelled from Congress, Democrats wasted no time in nominating Congressman Tom Suozzi, who held the seat before Mr. Santos, to be his replacement. Republicans chose to nominate an Israeli Defense Forces veteran, Mazi Pilip, for the seat.

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